Metre vs Feet - What's the difference?
metre | feet |
(en noun)
The basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités). It is equal to (approximately 39.37) imperial inches.
* 1797 , The Monthly magazine and British register , No. 3
* 1873 , The Young Englishwoman , April
* 1928 , The Observer , April 15
(British, rare)
(poetry, music) To put into metrical form.
(foot).
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*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 (lb) Fact; performance; feat.
As nouns the difference between metre and feet
is that metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International d'Unités). It is equal to 3947/127 (approximately 39.37) imperial inches while feet is irregular plural of foot.As a verb metre
is an alternative spelling of lang=en.metre
English
(wikipedia metre)Alternative forms
* meterEtymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
- The measures of length above the metre' are ten times ... greater than the ' metre .
- A dress length of 8 metres of the best quality costs 58 francs.
- The 12-metre yachts ... can be sailed efficiently with four paid hands.
Usage notes
* This, rather than meter'', is the spelling adopted by the chose to use ''meter in accordance with the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual.Synonyms
* mDerived terms
* cubic metre * metrology * metric * metre per second * square metreSee also
*External links
*SI prefixes*
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
Verb
(metr)Usage notes
The standard spelling of the verb meaning to measure'' is meter''' throughout the English-speaking world. The use of the spelling ' metre for this sense (outside music and poetry) is possibly mis-spelling.Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) metrum, from (etyl) SeeVerb
(metr)See also
* metronome * metric *Anagrams
* * * ----feet
English
Noun
(head)citation, passage=Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}